i have installed opensuse 10.2 on my laptop at least 6 times and i either boot into a black screen or i boot into the command line. i select the kde desk top and get rid of beagle, zmd and kerry at the package choices. the install usually goes pretty smooth. all of my hardware gets recognized. then i hit finish and everything shuts down and goes to a blank screen or reboots into the command line. only once did i get the gui and when i tried to sign in as root it said the password was incorrect. hp pavillion dv5000z, amd sempron 2.0ghz processor, 1gb ram, ati radeon 200m graphics card and i forget what the sound card and modem are, but they are of the same manufacturer. any ideas as to why the gui won't boot or the system shuts down? i had to reinstall windoze xp pro. i hate it!!!! dwain -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org